"Death may be pardoned, but punishment in life is unavoidable. You must also atone through meritorious service and prove yourselves through your future conduct!"
As Mo Yu's indifferent voice fell, Feng Yuanzi, Dongfang Changqing, Qian Wanguan, and the others, who were kneeling in the hall and begging for mercy, hurriedly breathed a sigh of relief.
Since their death sentences had been pardoned, they had at least preserved their lives. They no longer had to be annihilated—or even have their clans exterminated—by Mo Yu under the charge of "colluding with the Outer Realm Evil Race."
However, just as several of them breathed a sigh of relief, Mo Yu's next words made their hearts tighten at once, and their faces filled with indescribable misery.
"From this day onward, the Wind Spirit Race, Eastern Family, Ancient Sword Sect, Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, Star Pavilion, and the other seven forces shall have all their independent self-governing rights revoked! Their territories, populations, resources, scriptures, and inheritances shall all be incorporated into the direct jurisdiction of the Eastern Region King's Mansion!"
"The original territories of each force shall hang the signboard of the Eastern Region King's Mansion. Governors and Guardian Envoys shall be dispatched by the mansion to take over their administration, while the mansion's unified laws, taxation, and defense standards shall be implemented.
The original sect and clan systems may remain, but they must be placed under the mansion's jurisdiction. Their core cultivation methods must be registered with the mansion, and appointments to important positions must receive the mansion's approval."
"All Heavenly Sovereigns and above among each force must register with the mansion and accept its unified deployment. They shall participate in the Eastern Region's joint defense and future wars against the Outer Realm Evil Race. Anyone who disobeys orders shall be deemed a